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WGUS72 KRAH 090136

FFSRAH

NCC105-090230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

932 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 

1030 PM EDT...



AT 932 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN HAVE EXITED LEE COUNTY.  HOWEVER WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF SANFORD. THE SANFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT 

REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  A COUPLE OF CARS 

WERE STALLED ON HORNER BOULEVARD. THUS... WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 

ENDED...THE RESIDUAL FLOODING EFFECTS WILL LINGER A LITTLE LONGER 

BEFORE THE WATER BEGINS TO SUBSIDE. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS USUALLY DEEPER

THAN IT APPEARS. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO

SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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